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webfarmerI had a feeling that the corpse wouldn't be cool before they started up with this song. Sounded to me like the medical people did their thing but the patient or her entourage delayed treatment until it was too late. Reports have it that the first ambulance sent was turned away. Even funnier is that the reforms Obama is pushing have nothing to do with a "single payer" system like that of Canada's. For good or ill. Literally.
Star's Death Fuels U.S. Health Care Debate - National Post - 06 Apr 09
"The news of Natasha Richardson's skiing death had barely sunk in last month when U.S. pundits seized on the tragedy as evidence of an imminent danger facing all Americans.
Citing the nearly four hours it took the British actress to get specialized attention after her head injury at a Quebec ski resort, conservative commentators asked bluntly if Canada's 'nationalized' health care had killed the Broadway star. And more to the point, could the 'Canadian style' system supposedly touted by President Barack Obama bring the same to the United States?"
Richardson Ambulance 'Turned Away' - MSN Movies UK - 19 Mar 09
"An ambulance dispatched to treat actress Natasha Richardson in the immediate aftermath of her fatal ski accident was turned away, it has been reported. Yves Coderre, director of operations at the emergency services company Ambulances Radisson, told Canadian newspaper The Globe And Mail paramedics responding to the incident were first told that they were not needed."
Star's Death Fuels U.S. Health Care Debate - National Post - 06 Apr 09
"The news of Natasha Richardson's skiing death had barely sunk in last month when U.S. pundits seized on the tragedy as evidence of an imminent danger facing all Americans.
Citing the nearly four hours it took the British actress to get specialized attention after her head injury at a Quebec ski resort, conservative commentators asked bluntly if Canada's 'nationalized' health care had killed the Broadway star. And more to the point, could the 'Canadian style' system supposedly touted by President Barack Obama bring the same to the United States?"
Richardson Ambulance 'Turned Away' - MSN Movies UK - 19 Mar 09
"An ambulance dispatched to treat actress Natasha Richardson in the immediate aftermath of her fatal ski accident was turned away, it has been reported. Yves Coderre, director of operations at the emergency services company Ambulances Radisson, told Canadian newspaper The Globe And Mail paramedics responding to the incident were first told that they were not needed."
